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Joey's Corner: Reinhardt blanks Lucknow 7-0

The Clinton Radars shut out the Lucknow Lancers last Friday night to the tune of 7-0. This brought the hometown team to 19/20 games undefeated in the regular season. The boys took on Saugeen Shores Winterhawks for the final match up on Sunday. Were the Radars able to finish the season with a perfect undefeated run? Stay tuned for the final game results and Joey's play-by-play!

On Friday evening, January 26, Drew Reinhardt recorded his second shutout of this season against the Lucknow Lancers when he stopped 32 shots on route to a 7-0 win. This win extended the Clinton Radars’ undefeated streak to 19, and with only one regular season game remaining, the two Radar goalies; Drew Reinhardt and Marc Nother have both recorded 2 shutouts apiece.

In the opening period the Radars outshot the Lancers’ 19-11 and came away with a commanding 3-0 lead. Ryan Murphy at the 15:00 mark was the first to get the Radars on the scoreboard when his hard wrist shot found the top right-hand corner of the net on a pass from Stephen Sanza. Just 30 seconds later a rising backhander off the stick of Sean Consitt propelled the Radars to a 2-0 advantage. Clintons’ high-flying forwards, Luke Vick and Kurtis Bartliff earned assists on the play. Before the end of the first period Sean Consitt scored his second goal of the game on a clear breakaway. Consitt snuck in behind the Lancer defenseman and received an alley-oop pass from Kurtis Bartliff on a beautifully executed play.

The Radars scored the only goal of the middle frame as Davis Brown shook the twine at 18:27, both Ryan Murphy and Ryan Watson picked up the assists on the play.

In the final period of the game, the Radars scored 3 more unanswered goals as they coasted to a 7-0 victory. Line mate Kurtis Bartliff sent a tape to tape pass to smooth skating Stephan Sanza giving the Radars’ their 5th goal at 4:09. Sanza cut around the left defenseman and beat the Lancer’s goalie with a quick wrister. Ryan Watson, who has been playing excellent hockey as of late, scored a picturesque goal at 9:59 as his snap shot beat the bewildered Lancer goalie cleanly on a pass from Zach Graham. With Less than a minute remaining in the game at 19:26, Davis Brown deked the Lancer goalie for his second goal of the game which completed the scoring for the Radars. Both Ryan Watson and Zach Graham picked up the helpers on the play.

This game was a hard-hitting physical affair at times; with both teams handing out bruising body checks. The referees were kept busy throughout this contest as emotions ran high for both teams. There were numerous minor penalties and a few 10 minutes misconducts handed out. The Lancers’ received 23 minutes in penalties while the Radars were whistled for 30 minutes.